The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars at Bankruptcy Auction

The sale price was not disclosed.

Alex Jones speaks to reporters after arriving at the federal courthouse for a hearing in front of a bankruptcy judge in Houston on June 14, 2024. David J. Phillip/AP Photo

Satirical news site The Onion has won the bidding for Alex Jones’s Infowars franchise at a bankruptcy auction.

The sale price was not disclosed when The Onion’s CEO, Ben Collins, announced the acquisition on Nov. 14. He said the deal has the support of families of victims of the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.